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Koeniger, Winfried - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Defensive innovations in developed countries can explain the empirical phenomenon that openness towards trade with less …

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Brain Drain and its Determinants: A Major Issue for Small States

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states’ overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

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Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth: An Empirical Investigation from the MENA Countries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships

Heshmati, Almas - 2004

in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the …

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Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth : An Empirical Investigation from the MENA Countries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud - 2005

This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some … MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use … show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect, significant at the ten per cent level …

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Defensive Innovations

Koeniger, Winfried - 2002

Defensive innovations in developed countries can explain the empirical phenomenon that openness towards trade with less …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262794

North-South technology spillovers: the relative impact of openness and foreign R&D

Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2008

This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP growth for North … imposes identical contributions of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP. We allow these contributions to differ and … show that openness has a greater impact on TFP growth than R&D. These results imply that the impact of openness on TFP in …

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Brain drain and its determinants: a major issue for small states

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268800

Drivers of the Underground Economy around the Millienium: A Long Term Look for the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017

the economic factors, greater economic prosperity increased the shadow sector, while greater openness to trade and a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744569

Evaluating the Sunk Cost Effect

Ronayne, David; Sgroi, Daniel; Tuckwell, Anthony - 2021

sunk cost behavior, rather than algorithmic thinking (fluid intelligence) or the personality trait of openness. We …

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